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Retail Pulse: Amazon Grows 4-Star Footprint; Forever 21 Files For Bankruptcy

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Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. Amazon , in one case, has added a suburban Boston location to its roster of Amazon 4-star stores, marking the fifth location of its type in the United States.

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Entrepreneurial Upscale Chefs Are Plating Recovery Plans

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After cherished Boston dining spot, Stella, closed its doors due to pandemic losses, chef and owner Evan Deluty couldn’t let the dream die — or his heavenly preparations disappear — and has reinvented Stella as a gourmet food truck. Deluty told Boston.com, “I’m not into opening a brick and mortar right now.

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The Best Opportunities for Retail Banks to Improve Customer Experience

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In retail banking, it’s clear customer experience matters, and the stakes have never been higher. And it’s not just about happy customers… Boston Consulting Group data indicates personalizing customer journeys can lead to a 10-30% increase in revenue. Opportunity #1: When opening a new account. And those abandonment rates?

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Retail Bedfellows Roundup: Staples Shares Space, Affirm Finances Life Experiences

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Omnicommerce usually refers to where and how retailers sell their products, not necessarily who they choose to sell them with. At the rate so many once-solitary brands are shacking up with other companies, though, maybe the definition of the term needs to be widened a bit. Staples Will Sell You A Desk — Or Let You Share One.

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers.

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Smart Kiosks: The Key To QSR Loyalty?

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Boston-based vegetarian fast food chain Clover Food Lab is getting one-third of its business via mobile ordering software it wrote itself — a bold move that most small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) could never take on. Loyalty is the real prize, and smart brands have gotten out in front of the challenge.

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The Best Opportunities for Retail Banks to Improve Customer Experience

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In retail banking, it’s clear customer experience matters, and the stakes have never been higher. And it’s not just about happy customers… Boston Consulting Group data indicates personalizing customer journeys can lead to a 10-30% increase in revenue. Opportunity #1: When opening a new account. And those abandonment rates?